Born in Stonington, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of Abijah Palmer
and Dorothy Palmer
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
Jerusha Palmer, born 16 May 1734 at Stonington, Connecticut, was the first child of Dorothy Palmer, the first wife of Abijah Palmer.
She married 09 May 1757 (less likely 1751) at Stonington, Connecticut, Benjamin Adams "of Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut". They had at least one child, born at Plainfield:
- Jerusha Adams, b. 29 Nov 1751
Sources
- Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut; p. 516, no. 218: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n538/mode/1up
- Palmer Groups (1901-1905); Leavitt, E. W.; Palmer, L. M.; p. 81, 139, no. 399: https://archive.org/details/palmergroupsjoh00leavgoog/page/n94/mode/1up; https://archive.org/details/palmergroupsjoh00leavgoog/page/n152/mode/1up
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jerusha by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jerusha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jerusha by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jerusha:
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~0.39%
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